"Geoffrey" was the name of several members of the Plantagenet family of England, including: Angevin is the name applied to two distinct medieval dynasties which originated as counts (from 1360, dukes) of the western French province of Anjou (of which angevin is the adjectival form), but later came to rule far greater areas including England, Hungary and Poland (see Angevin Empire). ...
Geoffrey Plantagenet (1113-1151), Count of Anjou, was the father of Henry II of England.
Geoffrey Plantagenet (1134-1158), was his second son
Geoffrey Plantagenet (1151-1212), Archbishop of York, was an illegitimate son of Henry II of England.
Geoffrey Plantagenet (1158-1186), Duke of Brittany, was the third surviving legitimate son of Henry II.
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Geoffrey was the fourth son of King Henry II of England and Duchess Eleanor of Aquitaine.
Geoffrey withdrew to Paris and the court of King Philip II of France, who became his friend and made him the suzerain of France, largely to annoy King Henry.
Geoffrey's daughter Eleanor was imprisoned at Corfe and died in 1241, still a prisoner of the crown.
Geoffrey V (August 24, 1113 – September 7, 1151), Count of Anjou and Maine, and later Duke of Normandy, called Le Bel ("The Fair") or "GeoffreyPlantagenet", was the father of King Henry II of England, and thus the forefather of the Plantagenet dynasty of English kings.
Geoffrey was the eldest son of Fulk, Count of Anjou and King-Consort of Jerusalem.
Geoffrey held the duchy until 1149, when he and Matilda conjointly ceded it to their son, Henry, which cession was formally ratified by King Louis VII of France the following year.
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